2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
The 2021 Men's ICC T20 World Cup is scheduled to be the eighth ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament, currently planned to take place in India.[2] In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that the tournament would replace the scheduled 2021 ICC Champions Trophy.[3] This was after the ICC granted full international status to Twenty20 matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards.[4]
| Dates | October – November 2021 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Host(s) |  |
| Participants | 16[1] |
In October 2019, it was reported that the ICC could scrap the T20 World Cup Qualifier, which would have been used as a pathway for qualification to the T20 World Cup.[5] Therefore, twelve teams from the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup and four teams from qualification events would advance to the T20 World Cup. On 23 January 2020, the ICC confirmed the full details of qualification for the tournament.[6] In May 2020, the ICC told the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that they reserve the rights to take away hosting rights from India, after the BCCI did not secure a tax exemption from the Indian government for the tournament.[7]
Teams and qualifications
The twelve teams that reach the Super 12 phase of the 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup will automatically qualify for the 2021 tournament.[8] They will be joined by the top two teams from each of the two Global Qualifiers.[6] The Global Qualifiers will have a total of sixteen teams; the bottom four teams from the 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the next four highest ranked T20I sides as of 1 January 2020 (Zimbabwe, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong), and the eight teams that progress from the Regional Finals.[6]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | | ||
| 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup (Top 12 teams from the previous tournament, excluding the hosts) |
October 2020 | Various | 11 |  .svg.png){kind=small}      TBD TBD TBD TBD |
| Global Qualifier Group A | March – July 2021 | 2 | ||
| Global Qualifier Group B | March – July 2021 | 2 | ||
| Total | 16 |
Global Qualifiers
The Global Qualifiers will consist of the four lowest ranked teams from the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup, the four best ranked teams not already qualified for the World Cup or qualifiers; and eight teams from Regional Qualifiers.[6] On 24 March 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
| Mean of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup (Lowest 4 teams from the previous tournament) |
October 2020 | Various | 4 | |
| ICC T20I Championship
(Highest ranked teams not already qualified) |
4 |     | ||
| Regional qualifications | ||||
| Africa | TBA | 1 | ||
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2 | |
| Asia | TBA (Postponed)[9] |  |
1 | |
| TBA (Postponed)[9] |  |
1 | ||
| East Asia-Pacific | TBA | 1 | ||
| Europe[11] | TBA | 2 | ||
| Total | 16 | |||
References
- "ICC converts 2021 Champions Trophy in India into World T20". Times of India. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- "ICC scraps 50-over Champions Trophy, India to host 2021 edition as World T20". First Post. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- "Back-to-back World T20s to replace Champions Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- "T20 World Cup Qualifier set to be axed for 2021". CricBuzz. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- "ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 qualification process confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- "ICC threatens to shift 2021 T20 World Cup from India over tax issues". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- "ICC expands qualifiers for 2021 T20 World Cup to 16 teams". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- "COVID-19 update – ICC qualifying events". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "Canada to host the ICC Americas Regional Qualifiers for 2021 T20 WC". CricBuzz. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "24 teams to compete in first step of Europe qualification for ICC Men's T20 world Cup 2021". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2020.